Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-11-01
BADGER STATE NOTES.

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Ed, Dcmocrai;-
Having concluded TO issue another 'e'
iiss Of three tokens of regard for yoa'
readers, I. Of course. do no, need TO make
any apology for using your columns a.
medium of brokerage for floating them
before an ursu.pse,ing public. However,
ls., ,h,f, be apprehension. let me At the
outset s.saie your twelve 10 fifieen thou
,ani reader. tha, there will be no increase
In tie price Of the DrnocnAr because OF
my contributions. Its the aim OF i,'
publishers to spread before their patrons
The mos, tempting literary food obtain
able. bs, they will settle With the intel
lee,. Who furnish IL and no, saddle the
Increased oO,,-lnd laxuries 10 cost
upon those Who take and pay for the
paper. And for that class Of people Who
do neither. bu, borrow their reading. my
e.rnssl wish |. ,hs, productions from my
pen may no, appear 10 the edition ihs,
oush, to he specially prin'sd Tor them.
~ little f.,isry. nov and then. n relish
ed by the bc., Of men"-and some wom-
en-, bu, have no intent 10 perpeirAie
h.uery In any degree when ] say the
DrNocRAr IL gro~ing better every ~sek.
and fcr one bail With pleasure. and
poin, ~i,h pride. the s'ereo,yped po'
li,ie.i platform. never omit TO deelafc,--
10 the new features which crop on, now
and then TO make IL. pages brighter and
better. The Among the Oxford Bears
dep.rtnsn, will prove . winning card !
am sure. Aud. though only . mere cub.
I shall enjoy Jour telling all about the
doirs. ofihe old ones. aud trust you will
unroll . big bundle each week OF anee-
do,e aud "Reminiscences. song aud story. In
which they will ~orihily wear the role OF
chief actors.
A day or t.o sfer resdin; in your
.oil stirring dspaiimen, about the first
auemp, TO can corn. hsPPsued TO 70
into t. fri.elas, grocery Ia WaikeshA
County city after fifteen cents worth OF
hnely.,Arcddsd i-spiOca. GlAeeing up
toward the top shelves. ! saw long rows
Of eAnnsd eorn. the labels bearing the
name ofA firm Who make hundreds OF
thousand. Of can. each year in Oxford
County. The proprietor. IN reply 10
some suggestion. | made I. 10 having
lived near where the corn vas gfosn and
pu, up In It, pre.sn, shape. said Il ~a'
only recently iha, people here had 20. IN
10 the notion Of using !, very extensively.
and predicted eannisg would be fi,d Ia
,hi. State before long. ! saw al item
in = paper the Other day tha, the State
Agricultural Experiment Station people
were recommending our farmers 10 gro"
.wes, corn fcr canning. and 10 doubt In
q year or ,~o f.eioris. for that purpose
will b, in operation. bot the country IL
gro~ins In population fast. and Maine
corn will fipd market; besides believe
Maine corn fof table use will be found
hard TO equal.
LA previous communication i sAid
sheboygsn County was one OF cur best
counties, an that IL stood at The bead IN
the matter Of cheese. (speaking Of ehee'e
remind. me ,hs, hope 'oms,ime to write
. paper for your Journal. exclusively De.
voted 10 cheese. how IL Is made. cold.
etc. Having lived 10 the eoan,y few
weeks, | zee made no mistake In my
original estimate. noe make bold to
declare II .. st the head in many other
respects. though I suppose all the lake
shore coun,ie. are about on the same
level. 1, /. the matter u leyelness. II
nothing else. ths, would impel me-be.
ing New Englandsr-'o place saeboy'
gan at the head. for in this county may
be found hills. No, very lofty on,.. tu,
s,ill quite respectable elevations. rising.
say three or four hundred fee, 10 few
places, above the surface ofthe lake. which
Is scarcely ten miles distant
Forty years ago this county Was COW
cred with the primevAl forest. Il being
originally as heavily wooded as W. Ok
| ford one hundred years ago. The trans.
formation from dense forest to cultivated
field has been speedy and complete.
though most farmers were fsr-'ish,ed and
provident enough TO reserve wood LOT.
As there is practically no waste land IN
the shape Of swamps or mountains, the
farming townships are densely settled
al are six miles square. and will average
no, far from population Of 2oOO-iho'e
in which are found village, aud manuf.e'
turing industries Of course contain more.
The roads are excellent, usually straight,
following the section lines. No~hsre,
in my travels, have ] found the farms all
looking 90 uniformly thrifty and cal,iva,-
ed (; nowhere else have things been so
generally "pieked up" "s,rsish,ened
out" and squared to-" I. here
Whenever new buildings are erected. taste
=. well as durability and kindred virtue.
is displayed. In one school district
know Of four new fsrmhou'ts that to.
day are receiving their finishing touches
q, the hands Of the carpenter and paint
er, and the plumber too, for the f.rmen
here can even stand plumbsn' bills
they mean their buildings shall DO com.
pleie In each and every detail. These
dwellings. though "ous In the country
are Of the Gothic order Of architecture,
with bay windows. snnexes. ornamental
corn:css, etc.. and painted In . variety o.
eolor., no, ''loud." bu, those of a shsd,
that suggests sort Of unob,rusive and
becoming beauty the roofs are painted
brown or drab or "old" red. and sar'
mounted with ehimneys made Of cream
brick. In almost every f.rmysrd i' hun!